Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-3573

047910
CVSS 6.4 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
HIGH
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
high complexity
linux
redhat
fedoraproject

Summary

A use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() of the Linux kernel HCI subsystem was found in the way user calls ioct HCIUNBLOCKADDR or other way triggers race condition of the call hci_unregister_dev() together with one of the calls hci_sock_blacklist_add(), hci_sock_blacklist_del(), hci_get_conn_info(), hci_get_auth_info(). A privileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. This flaw affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 5.13-rc5.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
4922
OS
Redhat
3
OS
Fedoraproject
1